Scolopacidae

GPTKB entity

Statements (61)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instance_of gptkb:family
gptkbp:behavior wading in water
foraging in mud
calling during breeding season
gptkbp:characteristics long legs
slender bodies
long bills
gptkbp:common_name shorebirds
gptkbp:conservation_efforts breeding programs
habitat protection
research and monitoring
gptkbp:conservation_status varies by species
gptkbp:diet invertebrates
small fish
gptkbp:distribution worldwide
gptkbp:first_described_by 1816
gptkbp:fossil_record exists
gptkbp:habitat wetlands
shorelines
gptkbp:has_family gptkb:Alcidae
gptkb:Charadriidae
gptkb:Recurvirostridae
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Scolopacidae
gptkbp:importance popular among birdwatchers
ecological indicators
gptkbp:includes sandpipers
snipe
phalaropes
gptkbp:migration many species are migratory
gptkbp:nesting camouflaged eggs
gptkbp:notable_species gptkb:Hudsonian_Godwit
gptkb:Green_Sandpiper
gptkb:Dunlin
gptkb:Common_Snipe
gptkb:Spotted_Redshank
gptkb:Pectoral_Sandpiper
gptkb:Black-tailed_Godwit
gptkb:Red-necked_Phalarope
gptkb:Wood_Sandpiper
gptkb:Curlew_Sandpiper
gptkb:Bar-tailed_Godwit
gptkb:Common_Sandpiper
gptkb:Terek_Sandpiper
gptkb:Whimbrel
gptkb:Woodcock
Ruff
gptkbp:order gptkb:Charadriiformes
gptkbp:originated_in diverged from other shorebirds
gptkbp:reproduction ground-nesting
gptkbp:species gptkb:Scolopax_rusticola
gptkbp:subgenres gptkb:Gallinagininae
gptkb:Scolopacinae
gptkbp:threats climate change
pollution
habitat loss
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Madagascar_snipe
gptkb:Wandering_Tattler
gptkb:Aesir
gptkb:Ruddy_Turnstone
gptkb:Charadriiformes
gptkbp:bfsLayer 5